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Daily Current Capsules - 16th JULY
2019
Prelims Factoids
Lunar Eclipse 2019:Partial Lunar Eclipse will be witnessed in many parts of the world including India
Relevance IN – Prelims ( about lunar eclipse)
What’s the NEWS
Lunar Eclipse 2019: July 16 and 17 will witness the partial lunar eclipse
in India and some other parts of the globe. In year 2019 this lunar eclipse
will be the last one. The partial lunar eclipse is a part of Moon comes
under the Earth's shadow.
A special coincidence after 149 years
This year’s lunar eclipse is also important because of its position. Lunar
eclipse which is also known as Chandra Grahan and is taking place with
Guru Purnima at the same day after 149 years.
The Moon should be about half-covered by the Earth’s shadow at
maximum eclipse. This is the last lunar eclipse of this year and the next
lunar eclipse will take place on May 26, 2021.
Know! about Lunar Eclipse
When Moon passes exactly behind the Earth and into its shadow a lunar
eclipse occurs. It happens when the Sun, Moon and the Earth come
exactly or very closely aligned.
It is also important to know that a lunar eclipse occurs only on the full
moon night. The type and length of a lunar eclipse depend on the Moon's
proximity to either node of its orbit.
Types of Lunar Eclipse
When Earth casts its shadow on the Moon a lunar eclipse occurs. This
shadow has two types of shadows called umbra and penumbra.
A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon completely passes through
the umbra or when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are correctly aligned.
Partial lunar eclipse occurs on the Earth when Moon partially crosses
through the umbra and penumbra.
When the Moon doesn’t fall in the umbera but present in the penumbra,
a penumbral lunar eclipse occurs.
Government Schemes
Fourth anniversary of Skill India Mission
Skill India
Relevance IN – Prelims ( about skill India mission ) + Mains ( GS II
government interventions and schemes)
What’s the NEWS
The fourth anniversary of the Skill India Mission is being
observed. Several functions are being organised across the country
to mark the occasion.
National Skill Development Mission also known as Skill India
Mission was launched on this day in 2015. Nearly One Crore youth
are being presently imparted skills training annually under the
mission.
Know! the various steps/events taken by the ministry to boost skill
development
Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship made an array of
announcements including Degree Apprenticeship Programme, new
courses in ITIs on Electric Vehicles (EVs)and IoT in Smart
Agriculture courses
Hosted Kaushal Yuva Samwaad, a nation-wide youth dialogue to
discuss issues and potential solutions from the candidates' perspective
Announced collaborations with SBI Bank and HDFC Bank for promotion
of Apprenticeship training in the financial sector; MoU with India Post
Payments Bank to certify 170,000 Grameen Dak Sewaks under PMKVY
MoU signed with private players
Kaushal Pakhwada (fortnight celebration of skills) kicked off; from 16th
to 31st July
Team India announced for WorldSkills International, Russia
Know! more about skill India mission
The Mission has been developed to create convergence across sectors and
States in terms of skill training activities.
Further, to achieve the vision of ‘Skilled India’, the National Skill
Development Mission would not only consolidate and coordinate skilling
efforts, but also expedite decision making across sectors to achieve
skilling at scale with speed and standards.
It will be implemented through a streamlined institutional mechanism
driven by Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE).
Key institutional mechanisms for achieving the objectives of the Mission
have been divided into three tiers, which will consist of a Governing
Council for policy guidance at apex level, a Steering Committee and a
Mission Directorate (along with an Executive Committee) as the
executive arm of the Mission.
Mission Directorate will be supported by three other institutions: National
Skill Development Agency (NSDA), National Skill Development
Corporation (NSDC), and Directorate General of Training (DGT) – all of
which will have horizontal linkages with Mission Directorate to facilitate
smooth functioning of the national institutional mechanism.
Seven sub-missions have been proposed initially to act as building blocks
for achieving overall objectives of the Mission.
They are:
(i) Institutional Training, (ii) Infrastructure, (iii) Convergence, (iv) Trainers, (v)
Overseas Employment, (vi) Sustainable Livelihoods, (vii) Leveraging Public
Infrastructure.
Bilateral Relations
Indian waterways to facilitate cheaper, efficient transport for Bhutan-Bangladesh trade
Relevance IN – Prelims ( about the trade between Bangladesh and Bhutan via
IWAI route) + Mains ( GS II bilateral relations)
What’s the NEWS
Bhutan is transporting 50 trucks worth of crushed stone aggregates to
Bangladesh through India.
The transportation that will save 30 per cent cost and eight-ten days of
time is a first of many to come as Inland Waterways Authority of India
(IWAI) will facilitate trade between Bhutan and Bangladesh via the
country's waterways.
Know! more about it
The move will facilitate Bhutan and Bangladesh trade through the
Brahmaputra as part of the Indo-Bangladesh protocol route.
It will also help India access the North-East states through Kolkata,
Haldia through the inland waterways via Bangladesh
India will provide Rs 300 crore to Bangladesh to maintain the depth of
water on this route for five years.
1,000 tonnes of cargo in a single 2,000-tonne, self-propelled vessel of
IWAI is replacing 70 trucks of 12 wheels of 50 trucks of 16 wheels. Cost
saving will be higher if the return cargo were to be taken into
consideration
The stone aggregates will set sail from the Dhubri port in Assam to
Narayanganj in Bangladesh through India's National Waterways 2 and
Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route.The stone aggregates were transported
by trucks from Phuentsholing in Bhutan.
Until now, Bhutan has been exporting significant quantity of stone
aggregates to Bangladesh via land route by trucks from Phuentsholing in
Bhutan which is 160 KMs from IWAI’s Dhubri jetty in Assam.
This new route development is in line with Prime Minister Narendra
Modi’s vision of promoting cargo transportation via inland waterways.
Know! more about IWAI
The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) came into existence on
27th October 1986 for development and regulation of inland waterways
for shipping and navigation.
The Authority primarily undertakes projects for development and
maintenance of IWT infrastructure on national waterways through grant
received from Ministry of Shipping.
India has about 14,500 km of navigable waterways which comprise of
rivers, canals, backwaters, creeks, etc.
About 55 million tones of cargo is being moved annually by Inland Water
Transport (IWT), a fuel - efficient and environment -friendly mode.
Its operations are currently restricted to a few stretches in the Ganga-
Bhagirathi-Hooghly rivers , the Brahmaputra, the Barak river, the rivers
in Goa, the backwaters in Kerala, inland waters in Mumbai and the
deltaic regions of the Godavari - Krishna rivers.
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